Concrete Rose: Roots Run Deep

Our Story
Connect with us if you can provide unique support:
http://dulceupfront.org & dulceupfront@gmail.com

Dulce UpFront is comprised of highly talented and professional artist-activists who have strong roots in the San Joaquin Valley. We are Tony Carranza, Abigail Janzen & Ome Quetzal Lopez. Dulce UpFront’s main focus is giving back to the community through conscious art and safe spaces.

Dulce UpFront is now asking for your help to continue the work that we do. Our goal of finding a space where we can offer events, programming & workshops is finally here. We’ve worked hard to find the perfect home base where we can create something special for the community. We finally found it in Chinatown/Barrio Chino.

How You Can Help
Now that we have a building – we can provide so much more in events and programs for our community. We need your help! We need your financial support in order to make our new home look and feel good to all the people that enter it.

We are seeking $10,000 in community support for the following:
– new paint job
– secure doors
– windows
– new Sprinklers
– bathroom build-out
– flooring
– a stage
– electrical work

Our Campaign
Our communities continue to push through struggle, like a beautiful flower working its way through concrete. Its undeniable, our roots run deep in resilience and is supported by our past & present loved ones. YOU are the roots that support Dulce UpFront in growing, in being able to utilize our talents to help heal our communities through arts & culture.

Our New Home
Since the late 1800’s, Fresno’s Chinatown has been home to many communities who have, literally, been denied opportunities to live else where. Having much painful history, it still stands, with so much beauty. Chinatown is now Dulce UpFront’s home and we intend to honor and respect it.

Digging Deeper
Thank you to all the people locally, nationally and internationally who have collaborated, attended or performed at our past events and programs. Now is the time we need you the most to give so that we can continue to celebrate the cultural richness we hold here in the San Joaquin Valley through multi-media art and performance. We need more spaces where we can feel inspired – where we feel more comfortable in our own skin – where we can feel a stronger connect to each other. Dulce UpFront now holds one more space. Nothing can keep us from succeeding when we have our friends, family and community by our side. Please give genouresly and invite your family and friends to give as well. a million thank you’s and we are excited to what the future holds. LET’S DO THIS!